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MEXICO MISSOURI, THURSDAY, MARCH "A, 1887.
BIG BLUNDERs.


BIG BLUNDERS.
Rev. T. De Witt TalmaRe Lectures to
IN Immense Audience.
Our visitors-The Special Train, And Its
Passensers-Aa Interesting Dis
course on the Errors Of the
Day. ETC.. etc.
Troughout the afternoon, Thurs
day, it was evident from the number
Of persons who alighted from the.
trains at the Union Depot, that Rev.
7. De Witt Talmage, D. D., would be
greeted by splendid audience. At
700 O'Clock in the evening, special
train of six coaches arrived from JEFF
ferson City, crowded to the doors
with Cole and Galloway county peo-
pie, the majority Of whom hailed
from Fulton, though Jefferson, Aux
vase and other, towns on that line
were we'll represented. Everyone on
the train Immediately went to hotel.
or restaurant, and until the lecture
commenced, every establishment OF
that character in the city was crowd
ed. At the Opera House-to which
everybody was headed-there was
perfect jam. As early as 7 O'Clock,
the building commenced to fill up,
and at 80, it was almost impossible
to reach the front doors from the out
side. A mass of elegantly dressed
ladies and gentlemen continued to
surge into the building, until the
Opera House was crowded from pit
to dome. A thousand more seats in
the parquet could have easily been
disposed of, as many from a distance
were compelled to stay about town,
being unable to gain admittance.
At precisely $3.50, DIR. Talmage,
after being introduced By Rev. E. K.
Miller, invited everybody in the Audi
ence to come to New York; to come
to BROOKLYN; to come to his house;
"but," he continued, "don't all come
at once" Then followed his inter-
esting lecture on big Blunders," a
complete synopsis of which is printed
below:
Following is brief synopsis
of his lecture: He commenced
by remarking that if evolution
lists were left to decide where
men came from, and theologians to
say where they were gong, the fact
still remained that they were here,
and here. too, under very interesting
circumstances. The man who never
made blunder has not yet been
born; if he had been he will
die right away. The first blunder
was born in Paradise, and it has had an
enormous family of children.
JACK OF ALL TRADES.
Blunders were Of many kinds. The
first he spoke of was the
blunder of having a multiplicacy of
occupations. To the young man he
said, first select your occupa-
tion and then stick to it. 1t is said
that men are called to the ministry;
SO they were, and also to all honora-
BILE trades and callings. A lawyer
Mr.. Blackstone Large Practice-was
so successful that the other lawyers
part their hair like him and lmi.
tate his collars. One day he thought
he would 60 into politics, and he ac-
cordingly entered the paradise known
as caucns. He was voted up and
i voted down. He got within 8 votes
of getting there, and never got any
further. He stood on the Chicago
platform, and a plank gave way and
let him through. He got on the
Baltimore platform and could not
stand on it at all. Like circus
rider, he tried to ride on the two at
once and finally failed. Then he
went back to his law books and pros
pered.
A man once came from New Eng
land to be President of the United
Estates. A neighbor of his was asked
what sort of man be was. "Well,' -
he replied, she is good deal of q
man in our town, hut if you spread
him out over the whole country ]
guess he won't amount to much" No
young man should be ashamed to be
q man of one idea; it was better to
have one good idea than $40 little
ones. Every man had a mission
God sent no man on FOOLS errand
His advice was, "Find out what you
are to do, and do 1t. II so you will
be a success" That man who con.
centrates all his energies in one di
rection is q tremendous man, oi
whom he said, Beware of him.
i BAD TEMPER IN A GOOD COUNTRY.
], Blunder No. 2 was having a ba6
temper. There was no place in The
world where there is so little ex
cuse for this as America. Why
Well. there were $4,000 new rea
sons given for this last year. Durin!
the year $4,000 people came owe
from Europe to live. Why did the.
do so? Because it was the best plac
in the world to live in; If it hadn'
, been $4,000 people would have gon
from here to Europe. Bad tempe
was the ruination of everything. Th
noorasf hpaineas house in town Wa